Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Pre-Pregnancy Risk Management Among Childbearing-Age Women With a Kidney Transplant: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Hangxia Ma, Weitong Lin, Meirong Wu and 3 others
PMID 42438072WHAT IT FOUND
Among 247 kidney transplant recipients, attitudes toward pre-pregnancy risk management were high, but knowledge and practice were only moderate.
Nurses should prioritize education on teratogenic blood-pressure drugs and contraception, and ask about fertility plans.
Key findings
01The attitude score rate was 89.77%, while the knowledge and practice score rates were 64.63% and 78.50%.
02The lowest-scoring knowledge item concerned antihypertensive medications that may cause fetal malformations.
03The lowest-scoring practice item was actively consulting a doctor about fertility-related issues.
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What it does not show
The study used convenience sampling from a few hospitals in one province, so it may not represent kidney transplant recipients elsewhere. It was cross-sectional, so it cannot show how knowledge, attitude or practice changed over time or what caused the scores. Scores were self-reported and may not match what women actually did before pregnancy. The questionnaire was developed for this study, so comparisons with other populations may be limited.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. The study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the high attitude score as proof that women were safe or well prepared for pregnancy. The study measured self-reported knowledge, attitude and practice at one time, not pregnancy outcomes.